Information-Seeking Habits of Education Faculty
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2013
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| author | Rupp-Serrano, Karen Robbins, Sarah |
| author_facet | Rupp-Serrano, Karen Robbins, Sarah Rupp-Serrano, Karen Robbins, Sarah |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Information-Seeking Habits of Education Faculty Rupp-Serrano, Karen Robbins, Sarah Information Seeking College Faculty Information Needs Library Research Educational Research Schools of Education Access to Information Periodicals Databases Research Universities State Universities Surveys Teacher Attitudes This study explores the information-seeking behavior of academic education faculty from twenty large public research universities. The investigation includes an examination of how frequently education faculty seek or access information, how they stay up-to-date on current developments in the field and identify less recent journal literature, how valuable library resources and services are to their information needs, and the importance of library research to the field of education. The responses from the survey participants emphasize the importance of electronic access to scholarly journals and library databases and the continuing value of books, both print and electronic, for meeting the information and research needs of education faculty. |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2013 |
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| spellingShingle | Information-Seeking Habits of Education Faculty Rupp-Serrano, Karen Robbins, Sarah Information Seeking College Faculty Information Needs Library Research Educational Research Schools of Education Access to Information Periodicals Databases Research Universities State Universities Surveys Teacher Attitudes Information-Seeking Habits of Education Faculty Rupp-Serrano, Karen Robbins, Sarah Information Seeking College Faculty Information Needs Library Research Educational Research Schools of Education Access to Information Periodicals Databases Research Universities State Universities Surveys Teacher Attitudes This study explores the information-seeking behavior of academic education faculty from twenty large public research universities. The investigation includes an examination of how frequently education faculty seek or access information, how they stay up-to-date on current developments in the field and identify less recent journal literature, how valuable library resources and services are to their information needs, and the importance of library research to the field of education. The responses from the survey participants emphasize the importance of electronic access to scholarly journals and library databases and the continuing value of books, both print and electronic, for meeting the information and research needs of education faculty. |
| title | Information-Seeking Habits of Education Faculty |
| topic | Information Seeking College Faculty Information Needs Library Research Educational Research Schools of Education Access to Information Periodicals Databases Research Universities State Universities Surveys Teacher Attitudes |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1066115 |